Italy - Communications

Telephones - mobile cellular: 71.5 million (2005)

Telephone System: 
general assessment: modern, well developed, fast; fully automated telephone, telex, and data services 
domestic: high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks 
international: country code - 39; a series of submarine cables provide links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, North Africa, and US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (with a total of 5 antennas - 3 for Atlantic Ocean and 2 for Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and NA Eutelsat

Radio Broadcast Stations: AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998) 

Television Broadcast stations: 358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995) 

Internet country Code: .it 
Internet Hosts: 4.117 million (2007)
Internet Users: 28.855 million (2006) 

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook August 2008.